Richard Owen Minor Sr. went to Beloit to live with his father Owen Elmer Minor at age 7. He returned to California at age 16 to live with his mother (Nellie Stanton Minor). He joined the Navy at age 16.
Richard Owen Minor Sr. is a half brother to Wayne A. (Bud) Perkins by way of a common mother and to Ronald Dean Minor, Rodger Allen Minor, and Robert Elmer Minor by way of a common father.
Margaret Abbot was Richard's nurse who took care of him for 10 years after he became a paraplegic afer a fall while employed by the electric company.